
Record Label: Ter A Terre
Genre: Ska Funk
Band Link: www.fishbone.net
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Fishbone have never released an official live album until 2009. That’s crazy considering they have been known as a premier live band for years! The band released this CD/DVD back in February in the States, but I believe it was released earlier overseas? Fishbone played a show in Bordeaux, France on April 23, 2008 and it was recorded and filmed for this release. This is a must-have for Fishbone fans!
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The Dropkick Murphys are set to released a new live CD & DVD, this time it’s called “Live on Lansdowne, Boston MA.” It will be released on March 16th on the band’s own label Born & Bred Records. DKM must be fans of live CDs & DVDs since this must be their 3rd or 4th live release. Hey, I’m all for it; especially when the Mighty Mighty Bosstones guest appear on “I’m Shipping Up To Boston.” Read the press release and check out the tour dates below:
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Record Label: Anti
Genre: Blues Rock (?)
Band Link: www.tomwaits.com
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Seeing a Tom Waits live show is like watching a rare comet, you’ll be lucky enough to see it once during your life time. In 2008, Tom Waits picked out a bunch of US & Europe cities he hasn’t played in before, or in a long time. The tour was very successful, so it was only a matter of time that Anti Records would release a live album by Waits.
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With their sold-out European “Doolittle Tour” complete and a similar standing-room-only U.S. leg just underway (which features a complete performance of their 1989 classic, “Doolittle,” each night), the Pixies are giving fans a unique opportunity to take the night’s performance home with them. Starting on the first night of the group’s four-performance stand in New York City (Monday, November 23rd), fans can purchase a CD of that night’s show about 10-minutes after the Pixies walk off stage. And for those attending shows before the 23rd, no need to fret — you can purchase recordings of earlier 2009 U.S. tour stops via the website, www.doolittlelive.com.
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Record Label: OTF Recordings
Genre: Folk Punk
Band Link: levellers.co.uk
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It’s no secret that the Levellers is my favorite band. While I can’t cross the pond to go see them perform all the time, the next best thing is either their live DVDs or CDs. In this case, Live at Royal Albert Hall is a brand new live album, recorded at the famous Royal Albert Hall in London. The album is available through the band’s fanclub, or you can purchase a download version at iTunes internationally (yes it’s available on US iTunes as well)!
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Tom Waits is set to release Glitter and Doom Live, a collection of outstanding live tracks from his 2008 sold out US and European tour. This two CD set contains 17 live recordings from ten nights along the tour including, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Tulsa, Knoxville, Atlanta, Paris, Milan, Jacksonville, Dublin and Columbus. The second CD entitled, Tom Tales holds nearly 40 minutes of Waits quixotic ruminations on topics ranging from romantic spiders to injured vultures. The CD will also come with a booklet of live photos.
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R.E.M. will release a brand-new double live album, entitled R.E.M. Live At The Olympia on October 27th, 2009 via Warner Bros. Records. The two-CD set, produced by Jacknife Lee, features 39 songs that capture the best moments from the band’s 2007 “working rehearsals” at Dublin’s fabled Olympia club where singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, and bassist Mike Mills tested out new songs for R.E.M.’s 2008 studio album Accelerate.
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MySpace Music is proud to exclusively present The Cure Live from Secret Shows album. The legendary rock band performed at the Troubadour for a very special MySpace Music Secret Show in December 2008. The album consists of a compilation of some of their classic and new songs from their latest album 4:13 Dream. Beginning today, the MySpace community and The Cure fans can relive the event and stream the audio from the show for free by visiting The Cure’s official MySpace profile at http://www.myspace.com/thecure.
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Flipper, the seminal punk and original grunge band from San Francisco, simply refuses to die. Despite death, debilitating injury, and departures of former members, the band plays on.
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